A City of Possibilities

Honors College students at Hunter have the chance to get real world experience at some of New York City's most diverse cultural, governmental, and educational institutions, as well as corporations and other for-profit institutions. Students have recently interned at ABC Television, UBS Financial Services, Time Warner Bulfinch Publishing Group, WNYC, the American Museum of Natural History, Coach, New York Life Insurance Company, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, among many other places.

All students are encouraged to spend a semester, year, or a January term abroad. Through CUNY programs and programs at other universities, Honors College students have studied in Italy, Germany, Sweden, South Africa, England, the Galapagos, and many other places.

And unlike most college students, Honors College students are able to take advantage of unpaid internships with the funds available to them in their Study Grant accounts. Students receive $7500 to study abroad, take unpaid internships, or to help prepare for graduate school exams and other academic resources.

Centrally located on Manhattan's Upper East Side, Hunter College is close to virtually everything by foot or through public transportation. Using your Cultural Passport, which is provided free of charge to all Honors College students, you'll be able to visit nearly every museum and dozens of other cultural institutions for no or a substantially reduced charge. In fact, your Cultural Passport becomes a necessity early on, when, as part of your assignments for Seminar I ("The Arts in New York City") you might attend an opera at the Metropolitan Opera, see exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum, visit the Brooklyn Academy of Music, and/or participate in a forum at the New York Historical Society.

Since Hunter is part of the City University of New York system, you'll be able to register for classes at any of the other CUNY schools. In fact, each semester you'll receive a list of Honors courses offered at the six other Honors Colleges (Brooklyn, Queens, City, Lehman, Baruch, and Staten Island), many of which take advantage of departmental strengths on the different campuses. The Graduate Center, located at 34th Street and 5th Avenue, also offers graduate courses in which advanced Honors College students may enroll.

As an Honors College student at Hunter, you'll have access to advising that will help you prepare for a career, a professional school, or graduate school in your chosen field. Your advisor in the Honors College office knows what you should do when to begin applying for a job or for graduate school, and he or she also knows who you should speak to in Hunter and/or the Graduate Center. The Career Development Services at Hunter also provide resume writing workshops, interviewing workshops, career fairs, and other services to help you figure out what your first step might be after graduation.

In addition, after four years of working closely with faculty and administrators, you'll have recognized scholars and educators who will know you and your work well, and who will be enthusiastic about helping you land whatever job or graduate program that you want.